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Graphic-novel illustration of the designed Jesus appointing Peter within a semicircle of twelve distinct apostles on a mountain.
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Mark 3:13-19

Appointed Twelve

Restoration, Calling, and Family · Mark 3

Story guide: Jesus calls twelve to be with him, to be sent to preach, and to carry authority into suffering places.

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13And he went up on the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they came to him.

14And he appointed twelve, so that they might be with him and so that he might send them out to preach,

15and to have authority to cast out demons.

16And he appointed the twelve, and he gave Simon the name Peter,

17and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (he gave them the name Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder),

18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean.

19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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